Shell.



No. 811,048. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906' A. H. FRIEDEL.

SHELL. A

ArrLloATlon FILED Nov. 8, 1904.

ALBERT HUGO FRIEDEL, on NEW YORIQN. Y.

SHELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

. Application filed November 8,1904. Serial No. 231,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1', ALBERT HUGO FRIE- DEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and 5 State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shells,of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a shell for use in warfare either tobe projectedfrom a'cannon, mortar, or like heavy ordnance or to be placed in thefield in ambush, firedby electricity.

For a full description ofthe invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand ac,- companying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to dif-v ferent forms and conditionsby changes in the structure and minor details without def partin fromthe spirit or essential features thereo still the preferred embodimentthereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is acentral longitudinal section of a she I embodying the invention. Fi 2 isa cross-section thereof on the line a; a: 0 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aviewshowing the shell arranged to be fired by electricity. Fig. 4 is a viewof the parts shown in Fig.3, the shell being projected from the jacketor casing.

- Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The shell 1 is of ordinary configuration,

comprising a cylindrical body and a pointed end. A longitudinal opening2 is formed cen- I trally within the'shelland is designed to receiveeither a slow-burning owder or a fuse by means of which the su sidiarycharges are fired in successive" order. shaped end of the shell hasopenings 3 formed therein to receive'acharge 4 of powder and aprojectile or bullet 5. The openings 3 are arranged at differentrelative-angles to insure covering a widerange. Other 0 enings 6 areformed along the sides of the she l and have a 5d radial arrangement andare intended to receive smaller shells 7 each provided with a pluralityof openings 8 to receive an explosure 9 and a nussileor bullet 10, theopenings 8 bemgain communication with a passage 11 cent of the shell 7and in communication at its inner end with the openings 6. An ex- Thecol oidal I 'plosive12 is supplied to each of the openings 6 insufiicient quantity to effect discharge of the shell 7. Each of theopenings 6 is in communication with the opening 2, and the openings 3are likewise in communication at their inner ends with said passage '2.The openings 8 in the shells 7 with the passa e 11.. The projectiles 5and shells 7 are flus at their outer. ends with the sides of the shell1.

are in communication The shell may be of any size and contain any numberof pro ectiles and smaller shells. and is adapted to be shot from acannon, mortar, battery, howitzer, or other heavy ordnance intheaccustomed manner. When fired, the fuse or slow-burning powder con-'tained in the passage 2 is ignited and sets off the charges in theopenings 6, whereby the shells -7 are fired in ra p1d succession, saidshells in turn discharging other bullets or projectiles 10, with theresult that the field is searched and the object aimed at hit.

In the adaptation shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the shell 1 is arranged for usein the field and is intended to be buried in the ground, so as to beconcealed, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. A jacket or casing 14 isprovided at its lower end with a base or "sup orting plate 15,- and itsupper end is inturne as shown at 16,

to enga e with an outer rim 17 at the base of l the s el 1 to limit itsoutward movement as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. A small charge 18 ofpowder is placed within the jacket or casing 14.,suflic1ent to projectthe' shell, as indicated in Fig. 4, and ignite the fuse or slow-burningpowder in the opening 2. The charge 18 is set off by means of a sparkpassed etween the terminals of electric wires 19, which extend .to adeterminate point and areconnected with an electrio-generator. When thecharge 18 is fired, the shell 1 is projected beyond the surface of theound, as indicated in Fig. 4, and diseharges its projectiles 3 andshells 7 in every direction. Y Y

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Ashell provided in its sides with a series of openings and having aassage in communication with each of said openings for setting off thecharges therein, and a shell fitted in each of said openings and in turnprovided in, its sides with openings to receive an exloslilve andprojectiles, substantially as set ort r 2. A main shell comprising acylindrical body having a conoidal-shap'ed end and havthe shells beingprovided with a plurality of openings in each of which is placed anexplosive and a projectile, the main shell having a passage incommunication. with all ofi the openings and having a slow-burningpowder or fuse placed therein.

3. In comb' ation, a casing adapted to receive anexplosive, a shellwithin said casing and having openings in its sides to receive aplurality of projectiles, and means for limitmg the movement of theshell withre'ference to the 'casing When the explosive is fired,substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a casing having an extended base and adapted toreceive an explosive, a shell arranged within the casing and provided inits sides with a pluralityof open ings to receive an explosive andprojectiles, and means for limiting the movement of the shell within thecasing when the explosive is set off. a

5.;In combination, a casing having a base at one end and an inner flangeat the opposite end, an explosive supplied to the casing, and ashelLhaving a series of openings in its side to receive an explosive anda projectile, said shell having an outer rim to engage with the innerrim of the casing and limit the outward 3 movement of the shell,substantially as'set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.)

Witnesses CHAS. Hornn, HERMAN HOYER.

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